SEOUL, South Korea -- A group of North Korean refugees being held in Thailand has ended a weeklong hunger strike after the U.S. Embassy promised to speak with them about their request for asylum in the United States, a leader of the group said Friday.
East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta has alleged Indonesian television station Metro helped fugitive rebel Alfredo Reinado travel to Indonesia for an interview in May 2007.
JAKARTA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here on Friday that there would be no detention on the followers of Muslim sect of Ahmadiyah in Indonesia after the country's top Islamic authority body of Ulema Council (MUI)
Each time a protester broke through the barricades and lunged for the torch, the woman, Jin Jing, shielded it with her body. During one particularly ugly scuffle, she was bruised and scratched by a flailing woman wrapped in a Tibetan flag.
Several legs of the relay have been disrupted by human rights protestsA Buddhist temple has withdrawn from plans to host Japan's opening stage of the Olympic torch relay, officials say.
JAKARTA, April 18 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian diplomats in Dili have been asked to seek clarity over reports on Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta's allegation that 'elements' from Indonesia were involved in the February attack that almost claimed his
